The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1942
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
3:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.85° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.82° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.